Latest Effort To Find Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra
A group of scientists and salvage experts are steaming towards the Kiribati atoll of Nikumaroro aboard a research vessel they hope will help them locate the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra some 75 years after it was lost on the famous circumnavigation attempt.
Analyst Brian Foley Says Past Cycles Don't Necessarily Predict The Future
Since 2008 the general aviation industry has been reeling from a downturn that, to many, seems to be lasting an eternity. So what’s really going on? "That's probably the most important single question we're being asked these days," notes industry advisor Brian Foley.
In its preliminary report for an accident in Veneta, OR on June 23, the NTSB reports that witnesses say the engine of the Cessna 172 "suddenly just stopped" while the airplane was climbing out after departure from Crow-Mag Airport (OR33), near Veneta. A friend of the pilot told the board that the pilot was just taking some people of a "scenic sightseeing tour" of the area near the airport.
The ‘Luck of the Irish’ has apparently abandoned as many as 80 Irish student pilots who are now stranded in the U.S. and facing potential financial losses of as much as 80,000 Euros each. At issue is a failed contract agreement between the Pilot Training Center of Ireland and the Florida Institute of Technology Aviation and each side is blaming the other.
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